outdoor

The essential guide to vanes

Posted on July 22, 2020 by towens — 1 Comment ↓

Adrian Tippins provides an essential guide to vanes Introduction Whether we’re shopping online or in store we are affronted by hundreds of vanes of all sizes and shapes. This can often lead to option paralysis. The confusion leads a lot…

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Essential outdoor kit for archery

Posted on May 29, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Field generally needs more kit than target. Here’s the lowdown. All archers will be familiar with the need to carry a set of equipment around. Field archery, due to the more complex and unforgiving environment requires another level of self-sufficiency…

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ATA: New For 2020

Posted on February 24, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Part 1 of our annual report from archery’s biggest show. The ATA is the Archery Trade Association, based very firmly in the USA, and it’s also the given name of the trade show every year in January, kicking off the…

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What’s On Your Bow: Nîmes

Posted on February 20, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

What were the elite swinging in the south of France in 2020? Lisell Jäatma (Estonia) Reigning Nimes champion, silver medallist in Vegas and Bow cover star Bow: Mathews TRX 36 Draw length: 24.5Draw weight: 54#Rest and blade – AAE Pro blade…

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Archery: what the pros eat

Posted on February 6, 2020 by towens — 1 Comment ↓

Mimi Landström explores what the pros eat in competition. It’s wintertime, and you may well have been indulging a little in the last month or so, and perhaps wondering how to get back to that next level in the New…

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Aurora Techno Recurve Backpack and Techno Lite Quiver

Posted on November 20, 2019 by towens — 2 Comments ↓

Rebekah Tipping looks at some thoroughly modern new kit from Italy. Aurora Techno recurve backpack This well organised backpack from the Bignami stable is great addition for any recurve archer. I’ve been using a smaller Aurora backpack for seven years…

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Roll out the barrel

Posted on September 23, 2019 by towens — 1 Comment ↓

Hugh Soar looks back over the history of the barrelled arrow Of the five arrow profiles recovered from the Tudor warship Mary Rose, two are of particular note; those that taper from a thicker centre to both head and string…

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Outdoor Ready

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Nicola Turner — No Comments ↓

Outdoor archery brings a different set of demands for the archer and their equipment – so here’s a selection of the best outdoor shooting gear Base layer Summer might be approaching, but that doesn’t always mean it’s short-sleeve weather! This…

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Autumn Archery

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Nicola Turner — No Comments ↓

Use your down time wisely, advises John Dudley, so you can hit the ground running Here we are once again, coming into the autumn season. I strongly believe that this season is the best time to make a few changes,…

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UK to host 2016 European Outdoor Championships

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Nicola Turner — 1 Comment ↓

Archery GB, the governing body for archery in Great Britain, has won the bid to host the European Outdoor Championships in 2016. Nottingham City Council and Nottingham University partnered UK Sport and Archery GB in putting forward the bid, and…